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Sowing wheat among weeds, or sowing nothing at all
As a missioner, it's my work to go out among the weeds of the world and try to plant a little bit of wheat. Some priests have a church...

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Jul 23, 20233 min read
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The human propensity to forsake
Our young adult bible study has met just about every Wednesday evening for the last almost two years, and in that time, in those dozens...

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Jun 21, 20234 min read
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Pride is Christian, haughtiness isn't
This weekend is pride weekend in Fredericksburg, which means Old Mill Park and downtown will fill up on Saturday morning and afternoon...

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Jun 20, 20232 min read
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It's either hope or nothing
To be quite honest, this wildfire smoke this week has really thrown me off. I lived in Berkeley California through the worst of the...

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Jun 8, 20234 min read
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Pentecost in the specifics
This weekend the Church celebrated the day of Pentecost, and at The House we celebrated by having church in our backyard for the first...

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May 30, 20232 min read
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This Church we build
Happy Pentecost! Pentecost is a fun day for the church because it is celebrated as the Church's birthday, and it holds an interesting...

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May 28, 20234 min read
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When belief is complicated, but love is not
As part of a seminary education to become a priest, we all were required to take a preaching class (and thank God for it!). And in the...

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May 5, 20236 min read
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Would you rather have a conversation or an enemy
I don't know what the experience is of the ELCA writ large or of Christ Lutheran in specific, but there is a stereotype among...

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Apr 3, 20235 min read
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Becoming An Adult
It's easy sometimes for our college students to go tunnel-vision on grades and homework and exams and essays. One bad grade or one tough...

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Mar 28, 20233 min read
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Top line, bottom line
Back in my previous church in California, during an adult confirmation class, we set up an instructed Eucharist service -- which if...

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Mar 22, 20236 min read
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My People, God's People
In seminary, I read a book from the 1960s by an Episcopal priest named Gibson Winter, wherein among the many things he says, he says that...

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Mar 10, 20235 min read
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Church is a Work of Imagination
Written for Christ Lutheran Church's weekly newsletter, March 7, 2023. Over the weekend, one of the churches that supports our...

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Mar 7, 20232 min read
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Mountaintop Cahoots, Inc.
For five or six summers I've served as a chaplain for Episcopal summer camps in California and in Virginia, and it is always a stunning...

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Feb 19, 20234 min read
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"Yeah no that sounds soo fun :))"
I have a terminal case of people pleasing, but my quality of life has been good so far, and then Gen Z came along. It does not matter how...

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Feb 10, 20237 min read
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A sudden, dramatic shift in priorities
I find myself perpetually astounded at the extent to which we treat the calling of Jesus' disciples as a normal, or even relatable thing....

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Jan 21, 20236 min read
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What are you looking for?
In my ministry with young adults and college students, we loveeee a good icebreaker question. It can be hard and weird and awkward to...

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Jan 14, 20236 min read
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That which we are baptized into
Good morning! All Saints, it is so good to be with you this morning. My name is Ethan, I serve as the college and young adult missioner...

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Jan 7, 20237 min read
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Who takes no offense
Last week I was at Trinity Episcopal Church and I preached a sermon about how deeply unpleasant John the Baptist seemed to be -- not just...

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Dec 10, 20226 min read
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You brood of vipers!
You brood of vipers! Just kidding. That felt bad even to pretend say. Every Advent season, I love it when this passage rolls around from...

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Dec 3, 20225 min read
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The work and the faith of painting
You might've heard me preach a few Sundays ago about The House -- our Episcopal-Lutheran campus and young adult ministry -- having...

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Nov 28, 20223 min read
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